Mr Seiche is the Head of Division for Pandemic Prevention and One Health in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
He joined BMZ in 2008 and has held several positions: He was an Advisor to the German Council Member with the Global Environment Facility, part of the German delegation to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and a Senior Policy Officer for bilateral cooperation with South Africa. From 2020 – 2025 he was the Head of the Division Data Management Policy in BMZ.
Before joining BMZ, he was the Team Leader on Climate Change and Senior Policy Officer for Economic Policy with Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND). From 1996 – 1998 he worked as a Scientific Advisor for a Member of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag).
He holds a Diplom as an Economist with studies at the Universities of Würzburg, Konstanz (Germany) and Windhoek (Namibia).
